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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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